Smoke, pet hair, dust mites, heaven-knows-whatever-your-kid-came-into-contact-with-at-school-yuckiness; these are the enemies of clean clothes. Throw in recent reports of the H1NI virus and seasonal allergy alerts and you’ve got good reason to de-germ your garb, stat. Enter the steam washer. Following closely in the footsteps of its sibling, the steam dryer, the steam washer uses steam to turn up the heat on clean. And when it comes to washing, that means reducing allergens, boosting stain remov...
